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3.5.26.10Receiving a Distress Relay Call
Sometimes a ship’s distress call can be relayed from another ship or a shore station. The RAY230 can only receive a Relayed Distress call that has been addressed to All Ships.
When a Relayed Distress call is received, the DSC indicator flashes, dSr appears on the
ENT or CLR
MMSI number of transmitting station. If registered in the list, the nickname appears instead.
MMSI number of ship in distress. If not known, UNKNOWN appears here instead.
The displayed message continues until either ENT or CLR is pressed. At that time, the radio switches to Channel 16 in high power and the contents of the communication are stored in the Log File.